Chapter Five: There Now That's Better!
"So you see Jane, we just can't have it!" She was frantically tearing through Heidi's closet looking for the perfect dress. "I tell you it is Blue! I see her in Blue when she wakes up!" "AH HA!" Jane exclaimed! I bet this is it! She ripped into a black garment bag "YES!" She said. "No Wonder, I didn't see it was hidden in a garment bag!" We laughed all the way to Bella's room. We got there, and threw the guys out of the room while we dressed her and did her hair. She was such a brave little soul, she was not screaming, she had not let out one peep since being injected they said, but you could see the tension on her face. As her heart beat picked up Jane grabbed a mirror from the room next door, to have it close. And everyone came into her room for her awakening. I felt sad for a minute knowing how Edward and the rest of the family would like to be here for this, but Aro assured me they had cameras recording the whole thing, except for the 2 minutes Jane and I spent changing her, and doing her hair and makeup.
And like a helicopter taking off her heart pounded as Felix leaned forward licking his lips Jane gave him a quick zap to make him behave. I knew the 3 of us were going to have such a good time shopping! Well. 2 out of three of us..... Bella would have to learn to like it!
(Bella's POV)
Nothing can prepare you for pain. You can think about pain, can be told something is painful, but the experience is something that cannot be explained. When Edward said the venom was painful that was easily the worlds biggest understatement. I felt like I was being burned alive. When I was a little girl, I was plugging in my easy bake oven and touched the prongs of the plug, and zapped myself and burned myself. This was like that but all over my body. That little bite from James, was nothing compared to this. I thought I had experienced pain. I knew nothing from pain, until now. But as I burned and fought to lie still, I heard Alice, and I think Jane. They were talking about my dress, and I could feel myself being jostled, but I knew If I tried to ask what was going on it would be all screams. If Edward was here too, I was not going to give him the satisfaction!
Then my heart sped up. It was coming out of my chest lifting me up with it. As the burning pulled back and centered at my heart the pain finally broke me and I let out one long scream as the pain stopped along with my heart.
My eyes were closed, as I listened to the murmurs from around the room, you are safe, you are one of us now, welcome to the Volturi, from Aro, and a hand on my arm. "It's OK Bella, you can open your eyes now" from Alice! I opened my eyes in shock. The lights were dim in the room, but it made no difference. I could see as plain as if the room was lit by the sun. "Alice, what are you doing here? Don't you hate me now?"